Description
WSP is seeking a Director of Maritime Engineering to lead the organisational performance, technical direction, and sustainable growth of the Maritime Engineering team.
The successful candidate will work alongside experienced maritime professionals and have access to WSP's global network of engineers, planners, environmental specialists, advisors, and project delivery experts.
Key responsibilities include:
- Organisational performance and accountability: Own the overall performance of the Maritime Engineering team.
- Team leadership and development: Lead, mentor, and support a high-performing, inclusive team.
- Portfolio and project delivery: Provide oversight and leadership for major commissions.
- Cost-centre and budget management: Own cost-centre performance, departmental budgets, and forecasting.
- Commercial performance: Maintain oversight of portfolio profitability and commercial risk.
- Technical leadership and governance: Set and uphold technical standards and design governance.
- Quality, safety, and regulatory compliance: Ensure delivery complies with WSP management systems and relevant legislation.
- Risk and opportunity management: Identify, own, and mitigate strategic, operational, technical, commercial, and project delivery risks.
- Innovation, expert matters, and improvement: Promote emerging technology, digital delivery, and modern methods of design and delivery.
- Resource, recruitment, and capability planning: Maintain a forward-looking resource and skills plan.
- Performance management: Set objectives, evaluate individual and team performance, and provide feedback and support.
- Strategic client and stakeholder management: Build trusted relationships with clients and maintain effective interfaces with sector leads.
- Business development and major pursuits: Develop client and subsector plans and originate qualified opportunities.
- External representation and market profile: Represent WSP as a senior maritime engineering leader.
- International collaboration: Connect UK and Ireland capability with WSP's European and global maritime network.
The ideal candidate will have significant senior leadership experience in maritime, ports, or terminal engineering, including responsibility for multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios.
Requirements include:
- Significant senior leadership experience in maritime, ports, or terminal engineering.
- Demonstrable people-management experience covering recruitment, objective setting, performance management, mentoring, succession, and capability development.
- Proven accountability for cost-centre, budget, or business-unit performance.
- Track record as Project Director, technical director, or equivalent on major commissions.
- Strong port and marine infrastructure credentials.
- Sound knowledge of technical governance, design assurance, quality management, health and safety, regulatory compliance, and relevant maritime engineering standards.